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lau.

flat, level

3 characters1 syllables approx.Euskara language

Meaning & usage

adj/lau̯/[lau̯]
  1. flat, level

  2. plain, simple

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Basque *lanu, from Latin plānum.

adv/lau̯/[lau̯]
  1. simply

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Basque *lanu, from Latin plānum.

noun/lau̯/[lau̯]
  1. plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)

    inanimate
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Basque *lanu, from Latin plānum.

num/lau̯/[lau̯]
  1. four

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Basque *lauR (“four”). The term is perhaps connected to Iberian laur (“four”) and it is possible that Latin terms such as Laurina and Laurcus have borrowed a related element from Aquitanian. Possibly also related to labur.

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